German law sets no residency or nationality condition for a cannabis prescription, but you need a German doctor: a prescription written in another EU country is recognised in principle in Germany, yet no official source says pharmacies will fill a foreign cannabis prescription, so do not count on it. Bringing your own medicine for up to 30 days is allowed with a Schengen Article 75 certificate (Schengen residents); travellers from outside Schengen need a multilingual doctor's certificate.
1. Non-residents: MedCanG § 3 requires only a physician's prescription (the government bill describes it as an 'Arzneimittelrezept'); no residency, insurance-number or identity condition is imposed by the act — a private (self-pay) paper prescription is possible for anyone, while the GKV e-prescription route requires German statutory insurance. No official page addresses non-resident patients ('not published'). 2. Prescriptions from another EU/EEA state: Germany transposed Directive 2011/24/EU Art. 11 into the Arzneimittelverschreibungsverordnung (AMVV, prescription ordinance, § 2 Abs. 1a — text could not be opened this session); Art. 11(6) of the Directive lets states exclude 'medicinal products subject to special medical prescription'. Because cannabis left the BtMG on 1 April 2024, the German narcotic-prescription form (Betäubungsmittelrezept, BtMVV § 8) no longer applies to it, so the formal bar that blocks foreign narcotic prescriptions does not automatically block foreign cannabis prescriptions — but whether a German pharmacy may or will dispense cannabis on a foreign prescription is not published by BfArM or BMG ('not published'); pharmacies may refuse a prescription they cannot verify. 3. Bringing medicine in: BfArM — for trips up to 30 days within Schengen, carry 'a certificate issued in accordance with Article 75 of the Schengen Implementing Convention', one per medicine, completed by the treating physician and authenticated by the competent health authority of the Land; the same rules apply to persons entering Germany from Schengen states, who may bring drugs 'that may be prescribed in the country of residence but are not prescribable in the Federal Republic of Germany'; outside Schengen BfArM points to INCB guidance (multilingual certificate with individual and daily dosage, INN, duration of journey, authenticated by the state authority). BfArM's cannabis page stresses that although cannabis is no longer a Betäubungsmittel in Germany, most Schengen states still treat it as one, so a certified travel certificate is still generally needed. Quantity/day rule for non-Schengen visitors entering Germany: not published on the pages opened (customs page could not be fetched). 4. Foreign telemedicine prescription: same as 2 — not officially addressed; a German-issued private prescription after a video consultation is currently lawful, but the pending MedCanG amendment (see “What is changing” below) would require in-person contact for flower.
Source: BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices) — Travelling with narcotic drugs (Schengen Art. 75 certificate; entry into Germany) · read 27 September 2026